JOURNEY BEYOND CASTE, ASHRAMAS AND REINCARNATION

The current status of the doctrine of reincarnation in Hinduism and in Buddhism is unclear. Equally unclear is how essential it is to the religions. Is it merely an unquestioned assumption? Or is it an animistic hangover from the aboriginal tribes in India before the arrival of the Ayrian invaders,...

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1. VerfasserIn: Seidel, George J. (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Dharmaram College 1986
In: Journal of Dharma
Jahr: 1986, Band: 11, Heft: 1, Seiten: 76-82
weitere Schlagwörter:B Reincarnation
B ASHRAMAS
B Caste
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Zusammenfassung:The current status of the doctrine of reincarnation in Hinduism and in Buddhism is unclear. Equally unclear is how essential it is to the religions. Is it merely an unquestioned assumption? Or is it an animistic hangover from the aboriginal tribes in India before the arrival of the Ayrian invaders, as Radhakrishnan opines? In his voluminous History of Indian Philosophy Dasgupta notes that seldom before or after the Buddha is there any serious attempt made to prove or disprove the doctrine of rebirth. l According to R. C. Zaehner, it is simply accepted as a "self-evident fact".
ISSN:0253-7222
Enthält:Enthalten in: Journal of Dharma